NASA Administrator Statement on White House ASAT Announcement
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson released this statement Tuesday following Vice President Kamala Harris’ announcement the U.S. will not conduct destructive anti-satellite missile testing (ASAT): “Fifteen years ago, China’s military littered outer space with thousands of pieces of debris from a reckless ASAT missile test. Just a few months ago, another destructive ASAT test by the […]
ASA Celebrates Earth Day with Every #NASAEarthling
NASA’s space exploration continues to inspire us to be better stewards of our planet and Earth Day is a great time to celebrate what we’ve done and can do to keep Earth everyone’s favorite planet in the universe. The iconic 1968 Apollo 8 “Earthrise” photo of our planet appearing over the Moon’s horizon helped unite […]
NASA to Discuss Status of Artemis I Moon Mission
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 18, to discuss the status of the next wet dress rehearsal test of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the uncrewed Artemis I lunar mission. Due […]
SPACEX WATCH LIVE: NROL-85 MISSION
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Sunday, April 17 for Falcon 9’s launch of the NROL-85 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The instantaneous launch window is at 6:13 a.m. PT. The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched the NROL-87 mission in February 2022. […]
NASA Coverage Set for Axiom Mission 1 Departure from Space Station
NASA will provide live coverage of the undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) prior to its return to Earth from the International Space Station. The four-member private astronaut crew is scheduled to undock at 10:35 a.m. Tuesday, April 19, to begin the journey home with splashdown off the coast of Florida no earlier […]
NASA to Discuss Initial Findings from Artemis Moon Mission Modified Test
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 15, to discuss the wet dress rehearsal test of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the uncrewed Artemis I lunar mission. The teleconference will stream live […]
Coverage Set for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Briefing, Events, Broadcast
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission sending astronauts to the International Space Station. The launch is targeted for 5:26 a.m. EDT Saturday, April 23, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, dubbed by Crew-4 as Freedom, is […]
NASA Invites Media to Cover Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 Mission
Media accreditation is open for prelaunch and launch activities for NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station, the second uncrewed flight test of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Starliner is targeted for Thursday, May 19, […]
Spy Satellites data Confirmed Discovery of the First Interstellar Meteor
U.S. Strategic Command officials confirmed Wednesday that a small meteor that crashed of the Northeast Coast of Papua New Guinea in 2014 actually traveled from another solar system before splashing down into the Pacific. With the official name, CNEOS 2014-01-08, the meteor crashed on Jan. 8, 2014 with an energy equivalent to about 110 metric […]
NASA Sets Coverage for Russian Spacewalks Outside Space Station
NASA will provide coverage of spacewalks Monday, April 18, and Thursday, April 28, as Russian cosmonauts venture outside the International Space Station to activate a new robotic arm attached to the Nauka module. Coverage for both spacewalks will begin at 10 a.m. EDT each day on NASA Television, the NASA app, and agency’s website. Each spacewalk is scheduled to […]